as in carriage
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
for their old-fashioned wedding, the couple arrived at the church in a Victorian-era equipage, complete with costumed driver
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Recent Examples of equipage
And the reality is that the airlines don’t have the equipage.
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Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
Today, Queen Elizabeth sat alone in an equipage; her husband Prince Philip did not attend after recently undergoing hip surgery.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
Mercer’s influences are crystal clear in this work, which is dripping with drama and difficult equipage (the dancers literally toss heavy wooden chairs across the stage).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
Today, Queen Elizabeth sat alone in an equipage; her husband Prince Philip did not attend after recently undergoing hip surgery.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
Mercer’s influences are crystal clear in this work, which is dripping with drama and difficult equipage (the dancers literally toss heavy wooden chairs across the stage).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipage
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The British royals rolled out all the stops for the Trumps, including a ceremonial welcome with honor guard and carriage procession to a glam state banquet at Windsor Castle that night, plus other outings.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Around 1608, horse- and oxen-drawn carriages traveled into the territory to build a new capital, which the Spanish called Santa Fe.—
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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The once station wagon-leaning family chariot has morphed into a crossover sport utility vehicle.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The small asteroid is named for the Greek mythology character who drove the Sun god Helios' chariot because of the asteroid's close approach to the Sun, according to NASA.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Equipage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipage. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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